The cleric took to Twitter to issue a clarification regarding his remarks that were criticised by many segments of society. He said, “Recently I made some comments that I wish to clarify. My aim was to point out that we are all to blame for our current state. It was meant to be a general remark not targeting any specific men, women, persons or gender.”
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He said that there was no excuse for giving ‘hurtful’ remarks and making people ‘uncomfortable’. Maulana Tairq Jameel then apologised to those who were ‘inadvertently hurt’ due to his anti-women remarks during live telethon. “I pray that Allah accept our good deeds and forgive our shortcomings,” he added.
On Thursday, during a pre-Ramzan live telethon, Maulana Tariq Jameel blamed ‘immodest women’ for causing coronavirus pandemic in Pakistan. He said that ‘behaya‘ (immodest) women are a national issue and curing the nation of immodesty might lead to a better tomorrow.
Earlier, in a video of a sermon that had gone viral on social media, Maulana Tariq Jameel openly objectifies and sexualises women to an audience of hundreds of men.